If there was anything in this world that felt most familiar to Chen Xi, it was the sunlight.
But something was wrong. He clearly remembered stepping outside to bask in the sun — so why wasn't he absorbing any energy? Had he not actually gone out?
Yet the sunlight was right there, shining down on him… and still, nothing.
Confused, Chen Xi looked around. Everything was perfectly still — quiet, peaceful, and completely normal.Too normal.And the more normal it seemed, the more wrong it felt.
Less than a hundred meters outside the villa, Stryker stood with a squad of dozens of Sentinel robots waiting for orders.
Beside him was Jason, his mind in ruins, sitting in a wheelchair like a puppet obeying Stryker's command.
Without realizing it, Chen Xi had already fallen into their trap. That was Superman's one small weakness — his defenses against spiritual and magical attacks weren't as high as his physical ones.
Jason hadn't extracted his memories, so Chen Xi's system's automatic defense didn't trigger. But his awakened mental power and sharp instincts were enough for him to sense that something was off.
At that moment, a Sentinel turned into liquid metal and silently infiltrated the villa, sneaking up behind the dazed Chen Xi.
Clang!
A gleaming dagger appeared in the robot's hand and stabbed straight toward Chen Xi's heart—
Only to bend with a sharp metallic screech.
That was—!
Stryker and the others, watching from afar, froze in disbelief.They exchanged stunned glances, seeing the same thought in each other's eyes.
Adamantium.That was adamantium! Metal that could cut through anything—
And yet it couldn't even pierce Chen Xi's skin.
In that instant, Chen Xi realized what was happening.The invincible body of a Kryptonian wasn't something these idiots could harm.
The blow hadn't hurt him, but the impact jolted him awake.
"Illusion Master Jason!"
Of course. The same Jason who once managed to trick Charles Xavier himself.
That meant everything he was seeing now was an illusion. No wonder everything had seemed so unnaturally calm and quiet.
"How do I get out of here…? Damn it, Wanda's still outside! She might be in danger!"
Chen Xi's mind raced.An illusion like this was just like a dream.And how did one wake up from a dream? By a powerful shock — something that forced the mind to reject the illusion.
He turned to look at Wanda, serene and beautiful within the false dream.
"My love, what's wrong?" she asked gently, her voice soft enough to calm even his rising panic.
Chen Xi smiled faintly, brushing her hair with tenderness. "It's nothing."
He knew she wasn't real.If he killed this Wanda, he could break free.
But even knowing that, he couldn't bring himself to harm her. That warm, gentle gaze froze him more than any illusion could.
Then he felt it — pressure from the outside world.They were attacking his body. Desperate, frantic.
He clenched his teeth. He couldn't harm Wanda — but he could kill anyone else.
In the dream, Chen Xi rose into the air and flew straight toward the city square. Crowds cheered his name below him—
Until the next moment, when screams filled the air.
His eyes flared scarlet, twin beams sweeping across the crowd.
Wherever the heat vision passed, life vanished.In seconds, thousands lay dead.
The horror, the killing intent, the hatred — all of it surged through him like a storm, forcing the illusion to tremble and crack.
Outside, Jason's face went pale. His body started shaking uncontrollably.
"Increase the output!" Stryker shouted, panicked. He couldn't afford for Chen Xi to break free too soon.
But inside the dream, Chen Xi had gone berserk. He didn't care about the fake world anymore.
With a flash, he appeared before the Empire State Building, slammed his body into it, and shattered it in half.
As the building collapsed, the illusion began to disintegrate completely — the scenery fading, the false world dissolving.
Even creating a single city within a dream took massive mental strength. Jason couldn't possibly sustain an entire world.
When the illusion vanished, Chen Xi found himself surrounded by Sentinel robots attacking him from all sides. His skin bore shallow scratches — adamantium again — but even that couldn't truly hurt him.
"Die."
His eyes turned cold.With a single motion, his hands shot out like dragons, seizing two Sentinels and ripping them apart.
Tens of thousands of tons of force — nothing mechanical could resist that.
Within moments, the robots were nothing but heaps of metal.
Then, from the garden, he heard the sounds of battle.
"Stryker!"
He turned to see Wanda, her body glowing crimson as she fought against Sentinels. Her chaos power had awakened under stress, but it was still too weak.
Nearby, Gwen struggled too — her physical attacks barely scratching the Sentinels' armor.
Chen Xi didn't rush to help.A flower grown in a greenhouse never learns to survive a storm.
Meanwhile, Stryker was losing his mind."Damn it! Fury, what kind of garbage intel did you give me?!"
He'd promised an easy capture — but Chen Xi wasn't dead, Wanda had powers, and now everything was falling apart.
While he ranted, Chen Xi suddenly appeared in front of his car.With a casual wave, the "bulletproof" vehicle disintegrated into a thousand thin slices of metal.
Stryker froze, trembling, face drained of color.He'd always pulled strings from the shadows — but now that death stood before him, he was nothing but a terrified man.
"Stryker," Chen Xi said softly, looking down at him, amused. "Who gave you the courage to go after me? I'm genuinely curious."
"N-No… I haven't lost yet!" Stryker stammered, hysterical. "Kill him! Kill him!"
The Sentinels surged forward one last time.
Chen Xi smirked. "A beast in its death throes."
His heat vision erupted again, instantly melting several Sentinels into molten slag.The others adapted, shifting into flame form — impressive, but meaningless.
Chen Xi's cheeks puffed slightly. A wave of super breath burst out, instantly freezing the fiery Sentinels solid.
Crack—crack—
In a blink, they turned into ice sculptures, and with a flick of his telekinesis, shattered into shards.
Stryker collapsed, trembling violently.Was this even something a human could fight?
As Chen Xi walked toward him with a mocking smile, Stryker broke down, falling to his knees.
"I'm just the scapegoat!" he screamed. "It was Nick Fury! He gave me the intel!"
He just wanted to live.
But Chen Xi shook his head calmly."Whoever challenges my bottom line—dies."
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